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Does the study say anything about people that have their own brand of coffee?

[ Asking for a friend. ]

No, but there is an appendix about people who have their own brand of salad dressing.

So for health reasons, I have had to change my diet. If you haven't tried this meat substitute, it is amazing....

Seven Grain Chicken Tenders

and you can get them at Target.

Even fast food is becoming plant based. As meat prices go UP UP UP and fast food prices stay at $1.99, they need to use filler in the meat. That filler is SOY bean, which incidentally, had the largest crop ever last year. Also, don't fear the SOY, you won't grow breasts or start singing alto.

Eat less meat, more plants. You will feel better, look better, and cut your cancer risk.

Kyle Larson of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing is going to be pissed.

It's an analog Timex, water resistant to 50 meters, and I don't need to put on my glasses to tell the time. Perfect for surfing, bike riding, and other outdoor activities, and it looks decent enough I can wear it to work and dress-up events.

Oh, and it cost $40 at Target.

> choose how often I want a product and when I want it delivered.

Target offers something like that.
http://www.target.com/c/target...

I was thinking Walmart did too, but I'm not sure. I do know that at Walmart you can shop online, then go pick it up when your order is ready, and they'll load it in your car.

How have you not heard of VIZIO? They're extremely well reviewed, inexpensive and carried by all the major big box stores.

If you've never heard of VIZIO then I'm guessing you haven't shopped for TVs in about 10 years.

I doubt seriously that half my country even remembers who Snowden is.

Even in my country, most don't remember that Snowden is a fictional snowman from 1997.

I doubt seriously that half my country even remembers who Snowden is.

Even in my country, most don't remember that Snowden is a fictional snowman from 1997.

Well, it seems that this particular TV mentioned in the article is not available at BB - sold out. But you CAN get it at Target for $100 more.

Does it still qualify as "exclusive" or for that "150% price match guarantee"?

http://www.target.com/p/acer-i...

Almost bought one at Target yesterday.

Looking into what can be done and other options for similar price. I want a Linux tablet (wish I could waste enough to get a surface pro 3)

What? Target's CEO resigned earlier this year after the breach severely impacted the company's already struggling bottom dollar.

Per the Board of Directors, "Today we are announcing that, after extensive discussions, the board and Gregg Steinhafel have decided that now is the right time for new leadership at Target. Effective immediately, Gregg will step down from his positions as Chairman of the Target board of directors, president and CEO." That is press release speech for "you're fired".

It was on the table long before anyone knew the name Snowden

Target knew in the mid-1990s. Target Welcomes Snowden

We are talking about little kids. You tend to get them the Big Blocks instead.

... because little kids don't have the dexterity to use regular Legos. The reason two year old kids can use an iPad and aren't ready for standard Legos is because the latter requires more skill.

How did we go from building blocks for 2-year old kids to standard lego blocks? You know there is a difference, do you? If not, please STFU. Just to help you and those who sadly do not know the difference:

• * Building blocks (suitable for toddlers):
  • - Like this: http://www.target.com/p/b-one-...
  • - Or like this (which I use for my 1.5 year old daughter) : http://www.target.com/p/mega-b...
• * Standard Lego Blocks:
  • - Like these: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...

TFA claims claims that exposing kids to technology is causing our civilization to spiral down the drain,

TFA is not claiming that. You are claiming that it does, though.

but provides no evidence whatsoever, other than anecdotes and conjecture.

Anecdotes and conjecture are valid form of preliminary evidence with which to request further scrutiny of something.

Also, from personal anecdote (feel free to dismiss because ZOMFG anecdote!) kids at that early stage require specific stimulus to develop hand fine grained motor skills. Playing with sand, clay or building blocks (not standard lego blocks, but building blocks for toddlers) help do that.

Going into the (ZOMG!) anecdote: One of my nephews had a learning disability co-related to not developing hand fine motor skills, some type of proprioception problem related to ADHD/Asperger/Autism. He simply could not hold a pen without it falling off his fingers. Good fortune it was detected on time, and was put on specific corrective therapy to develop not just finger strength but the necessary coordination to do what he needed to do with his hands during that state of his body/mind development.

Feel free to dismiss this as you wish. Whatever gets your intellectual kicks.

With that said, I'm not against kids using technology. I was delightfully fascinated when I saw my older daughter (now 5) using my smart phone at the age of 2, and I'm fascinated how my youngest one (1.5 year old) fiddled her way into unlocking my phone (despite it being locked with a swipe-shape lock.)

But I keep my daughters away from technology if that precludes them from the other type of tactile-proprioceptive activities that have been developed over time to assist in their development: finger painting, puzzles, blocks, sculpting with silly putty, running around.

All those things are fun, but they are not just for fun. They have an evolutionary purpose.

There is a reason why kids play with soil instinctively. It is not just curiosity. It is the child mind and body instinctively seeking activities that trigger learning and development.

We are talking about little kids. You tend to get them the Big Blocks instead.

... because little kids don't have the dexterity to use regular Legos. The reason two year old kids can use an iPad and aren't ready for standard Legos is because the latter requires more skill.

How did we go from building blocks for 2-year old kids to standard lego blocks? You know there is a difference, do you? If not, please STFU. Just to help you and those who sadly do not know the difference:

• * Building blocks (suitable for toddlers):
  • - Like this: http://www.target.com/p/b-one-...
  • - Or like this (which I use for my 1.5 year old daughter) : http://www.target.com/p/mega-b...
• * Standard Lego Blocks:
  • - Like these: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...

TFA claims claims that exposing kids to technology is causing our civilization to spiral down the drain,

TFA is not claiming that. You are claiming that it does, though.

but provides no evidence whatsoever, other than anecdotes and conjecture.

Anecdotes and conjecture are valid form of preliminary evidence with which to request further scrutiny of something.

Also, from personal anecdote (feel free to dismiss because ZOMFG anecdote!) kids at that early stage require specific stimulus to develop hand fine grained motor skills. Playing with sand, clay or building blocks (not standard lego blocks, but building blocks for toddlers) help do that.

Going into the (ZOMG!) anecdote: One of my nephews had a learning disability co-related to not developing hand fine motor skills, some type of proprioception problem related to ADHD/Asperger/Autism. He simply could not hold a pen without it falling off his fingers. Good fortune it was detected on time, and was put on specific corrective therapy to develop not just finger strength but the necessary coordination to do what he needed to do with his hands during that state of his body/mind development.

Feel free to dismiss this as you wish. Whatever gets your intellectual kicks.

With that said, I'm not against kids using technology. I was delightfully fascinated when I saw my older daughter (now 5) using my smart phone at the age of 2, and I'm fascinated how my youngest one (1.5 year old) fiddled her way into unlocking my phone (despite it being locked with a swipe-shape lock.)

But I keep my daughters away from technology if that precludes them from the other type of tactile-proprioceptive activities that have been developed over time to assist in their development: finger painting, puzzles, blocks, sculpting with silly putty, running around.

All those things are fun, but they are not just for fun. They have an evolutionary purpose.

There is a reason why kids play with soil instinctively. It is not just curiosity. It is the child mind and body instinctively seeking activities that trigger learning and development.

it would also have been hard to represent an RF data connection replacing physical data transfers

A telescoping antenna analogous to those on portable radios would have sufficed for that. For a keyboard, I would have probably used the 4x4 matrix of my Casio calculator watch.

Bullshit. Why do people like you always assume that the fabled terrorist doesn't already know about these holes? Or are actively searching for them? If you've been following security for any length of time, you would know that in most cases the "bad guys" are many steps ahead of the researchers, if not on a whole other playing field. This renders the standard security by obscurity irrelevant, if not straight up dangerous.

But, suppose an imaginary terrorist group has decided that they wish to conduct some good old fashioned cyber-terrorism, what the fuck do you think they're going to do? Wait for a talk at some random conference? Or start utilizing the expertise they have on hand? The massive security holes in the digital infrastructure do not magically appear once a researcher publishes a paper on them, they were there all along. If you're a terrorist and itching for some mayhem, you're not going to sit idly by, twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the next research paper.

By keeping your mouth shut about these holes, you are pretty much guaranteeing that they will remain open for exploitation. People in positions with the authority to make decisions about patching the holes will remain oblivious, because let's face it, very few of said people have a fucking clue.

Stupid terrorists go in the front door with guns blazing, and get gunned down in the courtyard. Smart terrorists exploit holes nobody is aware of to maximize their payoff.

* In this reply, the term terrorist is used as a stand-in for <insert scapegoat of choice>, a good choice could be the guys who did this, or this guy, or maybe these guys.

There are so many of them it's not even funny anymore, it has become easier to count the institutions with a grasp on their own security, then those without. So please good sir, wake the fuck up.

Downside : a normal coffee brew process generates 6-12 cups of Joe.

I guess we could all switch to a press ... but that's a bit messy and requires a stand alone heating method (I've not the space to keep a proper tea kettle on my office desk)

I've been using single cup coffee makers like this Black & Decker Brew 'n Go for years. No mess, no fuss, just pour a cup full of fresh water from your cup in to the reservoir, add a couple scoops of fresh ground coffee to the filter basket and hit the go button.

You get a fresh cup of coffee without the waste of those empty "pods," and no DRM to boot.

Maybe. They do have a lot of job openings in Karnataka, Bangalore, India.

https://targetcareers.target.c...

Last I'd heard, the expected sum of lawsuits, settlements, fines, etc. would be WELL over $100mil (as in several times that). Apparently, for reference, a similar breach, TJ Maxx, ended up being closer to $200mil.

While $200 million is a lot of money to a lot of people, it's less than 10% of Target's typical annual profit. Some financial summaries

So yes, it will sting a bit, but it's not going to put them under.

Surely, they aren't offering to sign you up with their roll-your-own credit-monitoring system, right? (Because I wouldn't go for that either.) Last time I had a credit card possibly compromised, the retailer at fault gave me a free one year subscription to Equifax's credit monitoring service. I got a coupon code from the retailer, but all the interaction was with the credit bureau.

(For the sake of closure on that anecdote, nothing weird happened over the following year.)

Yes, it is through Equifax they say.

The website is here. https://creditmonitoring.target.com/

http://www.target.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation

Because guys, that's the story that law enforcement, in collusion with the company, has released to the general public.

Where, exactly, was this story released to the public? I've read two articles on the subject, neither of them say that anyone has made any such claims whatsoever. Target's press release certainly makes no such claims. All they've said is that they've fixed the immediate problem and they're hiring a forensics company to figure out how it happened.

Fog: Either dry ice in water, or a fog machine.

Maybe a Plasma ball

Various chains have some potentially amusing decorations.

Some grocery chains are currently featuring what for most Americans would be exotic fruits, such as dragon fruit, Buddha's Hand, horned melons, rambutan, and others. A number of things you could do with those. If you eat them, make sure it's the right part. ;)

Maybe some Halloween Sound Effects

Remote controls - always handy.

Perhaps some party lights.

Remote speakers.

Have fun.

I get mine here. Method brand at Target and a few other stores. Otherwise, yes it's in the minority.
http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=method&category=0|All|matchallpartial|all+categories&lnk=snav_sbox_method

You can't pick one up at Fry's, but Target seems confident enough that it isn't vapourware. http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=ouya&category=0|All|matchallpartial|all+categories&lnk=snav_sbox_ouya

Theres plenty of cheap "hybrid" bikes (think mountain bike with thinner road tires) out there with flat bars that work great in the city. Or you can just pick up an old mountain bike off craigslist/thriftstore and put road tires on it.

The problem is most consumers get fat tire mountain bikes with dual suspension for the same reason they get SUVs, they think they're getting more for their money. Why get a small, light bike with thin tires, when for the same price you get a mean all terrain machine that'll be sure to impress the ladies.

If there were side by side road tests, people would pick the road/hybrid hands down; and then go and buy the fat tire mountain bike or the single speed cruiser anyway based on looks alone, never to ride again.

There's a lot of netbook haters out there, and I understand why. Truth is they weren't the right thing for everyone.

I found two great niches for them - children and physically active people on the go.

First of all - children. The first netbook I every bought was one of the 7" eeePC's on that was on Woot.com with a 4GB card SSD. The SSD was so small the included OS couldn't even run its own updates out of the box. I put an ultra small version of Linux and SNES on it (came with a heftier Linux), stuck in a 32 GB SD card - instant portable movie and game machine for my daughter. A couple of years later I upgraded her to a 10" Acer similar to mine and my niece and nephew now have the 7" one. You can fit a lot of movies on a 32 GB SD card if you use the PSP or iPod preset in Handbrake.

Second niche - myself. I bike places, as often as I can. I have a small backpack that's big enough to carry my bike tools, a netbook, and some accessories/other crap I need for my commute to work or just about anywhere else. I BMX a lot and I don't like to carry a bunch of extra garbage I don't need. For coffee shop Internet use - including work responsibilities when I'm consulting - every thing I have to do on the road can be done on my 10" Acer Aspire. I've had two chain related failures on my BMXes while this thing was in my backpack, I wound up tumbling down the road both time my little Aspire took the beating better than I did. Sure a tablet fills this niche for most people, but I like a keyboard and mouse. That being said if Google does come out with a Nexus 10 I'll probably get that and use my old mini Apple bluetooth keyboard on it.

I drool over Ultrabooks - I really want one. Fact is they cost too damned much and they won't fit my physically active lifestyle - I would have to switch to a bigger backpack for more than about a 12" screen, maybe a bit bigger but I don't want to push it too much. Intel's greed - not the kind that motivated them to release Ultrabooks but the kind that made them strong arm manufactures into killing netbooks to do it - is a large part of why they aren't taking off well enough.

If they stopped their excessive manipulation and gave control back to the manufacturers they may see a surge in Ultrabook sales.

It's 12' instead of 50", but is this what you are referring to? http://www.target.com/p/airblown-inflatable-widescreen-deluxe-outdoor-movie-screen-12/-/A-10806714?ref=tgt_adv_XSC10001&AFID=shopping_df&LNM=|10806714&CPNG=electronics&ci_src=13736960&ci_sku=10806714&

I'm sure Google has a similar thing going on like Facebook where companies can pay extra $$$ to get unfettered access to the data as part of "we may share your data with interested third parties".

No they absolutely do not: "We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of Google" (Ref: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/). There is no "we may share your data with third-parties" clause in the Google privacy policy, unlike almost every other company out there. Read the links carefully and you will see that Google has one of the best privacy policies (at least in terms on sharing information with third parties). Also note that some of these companies have way more personal and sensitive information about you that Google.

Disclaimers:
      * I work at Google
      * These are entirely my own views and opinions and do not represent Google's in any way.

Netbook prices:
Best Buy: $99.99 to $4,648.60
Newegg: $299.99 to $698.99 ($229.99 referb)
Circuit city: $319.99 to $629.99
Target: $242.99 to $599.99
Walmart: $278.00 to $632.00

Good luck with that.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Help-Topics/In-Store-Return-Policy/pcmcat204400050028.c?id=pcmcat204400050028
"Opened computer software, movies, music and video games can be exchanged for the identical item but cannot be returned for a refund"

http://walmartstores.com/7658.aspx
"Prerecorded music, movies, and software products must be returned unopened."

http://www.borders.com/online/store/CustomerServiceView_returnspolicy
"Return new books, unopened CDs, DVDs, and electronics, including eReaders, in their original condition."

http://www.target.com/Refund-Policy-Returns-Refunds-Help/b?ie=UTF8&node=13685491
"Some items cannot be returned if opened and may only be exchangeable, including music, movies, video games, software and collectibles."

Amazon has centers around the U.S. because they need to be able to ship something to you quickly no matter where in the U.S. you are.

Traditional stores can easily have product in just one warehouse, possibly even overseas, because deliveries to stores is more regular and far simpler.

Not really. Every major retail chain has regional distribution centers about the size of Amazon's and about just as many(if not more). Just a couple of examples of their competitors:

• Target
• Wal-Mart

Once a year weather you need it or not. http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/191-3443428-4414231?asin=B0030GMBNK&AFID=Froogle_df&LNM=|B0030GMBNK&CPNG=&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=B0030GMBNK&ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001

I don't know of a place that has a Walmart but not a Target

Well, the entire state of Vermont, for one.

Target.com, which is available in all states, shows there are Target stores to the east in New Hampshire and to the west in New York. Looking at the map, in the south it looks like there's a Target within about 50 miles. It only looks like a trip of 100 miles to get to the nearest Target is in the northeast part, which may mean a trip to Plattsburgh, NY. However Target.com is at your fingertips, and because there is not a brick and mortar Target in Vermont that means people there don't have to pay sales tax.

Falcon

I don't know of a place that has a Walmart but not a Target

Well, the entire state of Vermont, for one.

Target.com, which is available in all states, shows there are Target stores to the east in New Hampshire and to the west in New York. Looking at the map, in the south it looks like there's a Target within about 50 miles. It only looks like a trip of 100 miles to get to the nearest Target is in the northeast part, which may mean a trip to Plattsburgh, NY. However Target.com is at your fingertips, and because there is not a brick and mortar Target in Vermont that means people there don't have to pay sales tax.

Falcon

it looks like there is a Target store in the Bronx

$75? the deluxe edition is only $39.99 at target, the regular version (which i can't seem to find) should be even cheaper. http://www.target.com/Super-Scrabble-The-Deluxe-Edition/dp/B000P0R9J0/sr=1-1/qid=1264796353/ref=sr_1_1/177-1017270-8492669?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Ascrabble&page=1

http://www.target.com/gp/search/178-2905776-2539507?field-keywords=your+mom+is+hot&url=index%3Dtarget%26search-alias%3Dtgt-index&ref=sr_bx_1_1&x=0&y=0

It's showing up in Google's results because people are linking to it.

So if we all link to the Target URL for a search for child porn, Target will become the #1 hit when someone does a Google search for child porn?

Just wondering...

It's obvious that these pages are just part of the built-in search and will return for any random search terms. They're not doing anything suspicious. The only odd thing is that Google is somehow indexing the pages. It's more likely a bug in Google or someone somewhere thought it'd be amusing to create a bunch of links to Target for random search terms.

I tried site:target.com we could not find matches for and the third option was Anal Massage for Lovers Vol 2.

I wasn't aware that Target marketed to this demographic.

Please learn what you're talking about: these aren't generated. Example:
http://www.target.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&index=target&field-browse=1038626&rh=k%3Aadolf%20from%20slashdot will give a page claiming that the search had no results. This is exactly the same as, say:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=aosdnfons+foasnfo+nafonwefoawenfowng&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 which ALSO has no results.

So, sometime in the past, someone searched for 'exercise bike' in the clearance section of target. Then they posted about it, and google found that, and indexed the page. Then the item went away, and google.. kept indexing the link. There's no irrelevant keywords here, no hidden text, no hidden links, and the page DOES help users, since coincidentally, it's a search results page correctly informing people of the results. Yes, that's right, the top result for 'exercise bike clearance' is a search results page from someone else's search engine; in this case it just happens to be target.com's search engine.

There is NO indication that Target did anything wrong here, I don't understand why no one has noticed that yet.

number 3 on "we could not find" http://www.target.com/gp/search/ref=sr_bmvd_redirect?field-keywords=Anal%20Massage%20for%20Lovers%20Vol%202&url=index%3Dtarget%26search-alias%3Dtgt-index

For the PC version, yes.
But there are versions for consoles which aren't sold via some online distribution system.

And they do have L4D for PC on disc as well.

of course, I'm assuming they won't change the distribution method with L4D2 (obligatory: distant cousin of R2D2?)

For the PC version, yes.
But there are versions for consoles which aren't sold via some online distribution system.

And they do have L4D for PC on disc as well.

of course, I'm assuming they won't change the distribution method with L4D2 (obligatory: distant cousin of R2D2?)

Wrong netbook OS. Try one of these next time: http://www.target.com/ASUS-8-9-Netbook-Computer-Linux/dp/B001E1PVU8/qid=1243113200/ref=br_1_7/190-1275134-0351843?ie=UTF8&node=1243621011&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1 Thankyoudrivethrough!

If you don't know, it's because Android is just a single word that's been in the modern language for a couple of generations now. Apparently there are laws against somebody absconding with single words of our language and claiming sole ownership of them. Of course the courts are slow and stupid, so anyone fighting this will have to pay lots of lawyers lots of money before getting this crushed, but at least Google has that cash.

Right. That's why trademarks are never granted for single words like target or Amazon. Because there are laws against it.

I suppose you would rather be simply called a "Team Member"

http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-000521

At some places, there is a bit of honor in the title. They stopped giving out the title "Crayon" when SGI bought the company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation -> http://www.target.com/

Why can't I get Vista to crash and run slow like you can?

Maybe you didn't test it on this or this or this?

Go ahead and tell me it's because these computers aren't "modern". I love that one.